Chapter 246

Section 246.013

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246.013 PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS; CARE, TREATMENT.

Within the limits of the appropriations for the commissioner of human services, the commissioner is directed, in the performance of the duties imposed by the laws of this state, to bring to the measure prescribed by section 246.012, the care and treatment of persons with mental illness as speedily as is possible, and to thereafter, subject to the paramount authority of the legislature with respect to appropriations, maintain said standards in the care and treatment of persons with mental illness.